In Rejuvenated Research on Aging, an NIH Team Hunts for Unified Cures

It's not gerontology or geriatrics: The geneticist Gordon Lithgow devised the term "geroscience" to denote the hunt for aging-related components of disease.

By Paul Basken

The legend of a fountain of youth has endured for millennia,
propelled more by wishfulness than by hard scientific results.

That hasn't changed.

It's true that new drug candidates like rapamycin and acarbose
are showing promise. Jellyfish, bowhead whales, sea turtles, and
nematode worms offer promising examples of organisms in which
medical interventions have been found to delay aging or its
effects. But there's still no miracle cure for old age.